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Risk And Farm Size In The Pastoral Zone

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Variable performance over time is an important feature of wool growing in the eastern pastoral zone of Australia. An analysis of time series data from the Australian Sheep Industry Survey indicates that standard deviation of net farm income is related more or less linearly to size of firm and increases with size at about the same rate as does average net income. A tentative conclusion is drawn that large farms have had a slight tendency to experience less variable rates of return than small farms. However, it is found that farms that have experienced relatively variable returns have tended to enjoy average rates of return above those of other farms of similar size.
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  • Jock R. Anderson, 1972. "Risk And Farm Size In The Pastoral Zone," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 16(1), pages 1-10, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajarec:v:16:y:1972:i:1:p:1-10
    DOI: j.1467-8489.1972.tb00086.x
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    1. Anderson, Jock R., 1979. "Impacts of Climatic Variability in Australian Agriculture: A Review," Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 47(03), pages 1-31, December.
    2. Young, Douglas & Lin, William & Pope, Rulon & Robison, Lindon & Selley, Roger, 1979. "Risk Preferences Of Agricultual Producers:Their Measurement And Use," Risk Management in Agriculture: Behavioral, Managerial, and Policy Issues, January 25-26, 1979, San Francisco, California 271459, Regional Research Projects > W-149: An Economic Evaluation of Managing Market Risks in Agriculture.
    3. Anderson, Jock R. & Griffiths, William E., 1981. "Production Risk And Input Use: Pastoral Zone Of Eastern Australia," Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 25(2), pages 1-11, August.
    4. Pardey, Philip G., 1978. "The diffusion of trace element technology: an economic analysis," Faculty and Alumni Dissertations 121798, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
    5. Young, Douglas L., 1979. "Risk Preferences Of Agricultural Producers: Their Use In Extension And Research," 1979 Annual Meeting, July 29-August 1, Pullman, Washington 278203, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

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